PML-N lawyer gunned down in Karachi

A lawyer associated with PML-N Lawyers’ Forum was assassinated in a gun attack in Karachi. He was identified as Waqar Shah. Police said unidentified gunmen riding a motorbike fired shots at the lawyer’s vehicle in Gulshan-e-Iqbal area this morning, leaving him dead on the spot. Police said the incident seemed to be a targeted killing. Four shells of 9 mm pistol were recovered near his car. The victim’s body was shifted to hospital for medico-legal formalities. Shah was a member of Pakistan Muslim League-N Lawyers’ Forum in Karachi. Meanwhile, Chief Justice Sindh High Court, Justice Maqbool Baqar took notice of the murder and sought a report from IG Sindh Iqbal Mehmood within 24 hours. Scores of lawyers have been gunned down in the city besides doctors, religious scholars, police officers and security personnel